05000327/FIN-2015004-01
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| Title | Failure to Recognize and Submit for Approval a Reduction in Effectiveness of the Emergency Plan |
| Description | The inspectors identified a Severity Level IV Non-cited Violation (NCV) of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 50.54(q), for changes to the licensees radiological emergency plan, effective December 18, 2014, that reduced the effectiveness of the plan and therefore, should have received NRC approval prior to making the change. Specifically, the effectiveness of TVAs Radiological Emergency Plan (Generic Part), Revision 104, was reduced by the inadvertent removal of the offsite telephone communications description for the Health Physics Network and Emergency Notification System communication tools, as well as the monthly testing of those devices. The licensees failure to recognize that Revision 104 reduced the effectiveness of the emergency plan was a performance deficiency. The licensee entered this issue into their corrective action program (CAP) as Condition Report (CR) 1093684
This finding is more than minor because it brings into question the thoroughness of the licensees review process when making changes to the emergency plan and adversely affects the procedure quality attribute of the emergency preparedness cornerstone objective. This finding is a violation of NRC requirements and because it has the potential for impacting the NRCs ability to perform its regulatory function, traditional enforcement is applicable in accordance with IMC 0612, Appendix B. This finding is determined to be a Severity Level IV violation in accordance with Section 6.6.d.1 of the Enforcement Policy because it involves the licensees ability to meet or implement a regulatory requirement not related to assessment or notification such that the effectiveness of the emergency plan is reduced. |
| Site: | Sequoyah  |
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| Report | IR 05000327/2015004 Section 1EP4 |
| Date counted | Dec 31, 2015 (2015Q4) |
| Type: | TEV: Severity level IV |
| cornerstone | Emergency Prep |
| Identified by: | NRC identified |
| Inspection Procedure: | IP 71114.04 |
| Inspectors (proximate) | A Blamey A Nielsen C Fontana C Kontz G Smith J Hickman J Panfel M Coursey R Baldwin S Sanchez W Deschainea Blameya Nielsen C Fontana C Kontz G Smith J Panfel M Coursey R Baldwin S Sanchez W Deschaine J Hickman |
| Violation of: | 10 CFR 50.54(q) |
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Finding List (Sequoyah) @ 2015Q4
Self-Identified List (Sequoyah)
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